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| Emm Gryner | |
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Emm Gryner in Waterloo, Ontario, 2005
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| Background information | |
| Born |
8 June 1975 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Pop music, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboard instruments |
| Labels | Dead Daisy, Mercury |
| Associated acts | Trent Severn, David Bowie, Hot One, The Cake Sale, Lawrence Gowan |
| Website | www.emmgryner.com |
Emm Gryner (born 8 June 1975 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter best known for her 1998 indie hit Summerlong and occasional actress.
Gryner's childhood was spent in Forest, Lambton County, Ontario. Her father was of half Irish heritage and her mother was Filipina.
After graduating from Fanshawe College's Music Industry Arts program in 1995, Emm started her music career in Toronto, working office jobs during the day while honing her live show in small, local clubs by night. Gryner entered her original song "Wisdom Bus" in a nationwide songwriting contest sponsored by Standard Broadcasting, and won. With the money from this prize, she recorded an album called The Original Leap Year and released it on her own Dead Daisy Records. The album attracted the attention of Violent Femmes producer, Warren Bruleigh.
Bruleigh passed the album onto an exec at Mercury Records who signed Gryner. The result was Public, a Britpop-inspired album that yielded a hit in Canada called "Summerlong." Several tours followed, with Ron Sexsmith, Bernard Butler, Rufus Wainwright and others.
After Universal Music took over Mercury Records, Gryner was dropped from the label and returned to her own Dead Daisy Records. She released several albums, two of which went on to be nominated for Best Pop Album of the Year at the Juno Awards. During this time, Gryner moved to New York City and Los Angeles to write and tour. She also took a job singing and playing keyboards in David Bowie’s band. The gig saw Gryner performing with Bowie at Glastonbury Festival, on Later with Jools Holland and other venues around America and Europe. She appears on Bowie at the Beeb, a live album.
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